‘Dire’ situation forces action: GP shortages propel practices to employ own first-year trainees

This is an early online publication of a story due to appear in the 13 December print issue

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‘Dire’ situation forces action: GP shortages propel practices to employ own first-year trainees

Fiona

Cassie

fcassie@nzdoctor.co.nz

Tuesday 12 December 2023, 04:10 PM

Practices are increasingly hiring their own first-year GP registrars with the long-term aim of filling gaps in their workforce [Image: Wildpixel on iStock]

The critical shortage of GPs is affecting the number of practices directly employing first-year trainees, reports Fiona Cassie

An acute shortage of GPs is causing a sharp rise in general practices opting to recruit and take on the costs of employing their own first-year GP tra

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